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Baseball Holds Annual Scout Day Thursday
10/24/2019 8:04:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – Nearly 50 Major League Baseball scouts arrived to evaluate the Duke baseball team at Jack Coombs Field Thursday afternoon as part of the team's annual scout day.
The afternoon began with team batting practice followed by a round of infield/outfield, before the team took part in a nine-inning scrimmage.
Duke has produced 77 players selected in the MLB Draft, including five this past season. The Tampa Bay Rays drafted left-hander Graeme Stinson in the fourth round, while the Minnesota Twins selected right-hander Ben Gross in the 10th round. Overall, five Blue Devils – Stinson, Gross, Kennie Taylor (New York Mets, 14th round), Adam Laskey (Chicago Cubs, 19th round) and Bryce Jarvis (New York Yankees, 37th round) were drafted, marking the first time in school history that the Blue Devils have had at least five players drafted in back-to-back years.
The Blue Devils have had 47 players drafted over the past 18 years, including 24 during head coach Chris Pollard's tenure.
Six current Blue Devils have already head their names called on draft day. Freshman Chad Knight and Jarvis were selected in this past year's draft. The foursome of junior Steve Mann (2017, 38th round, No. 1145 overall, Detroit Tigers), redshirt sophomore Wil Hoyle (2017, 38th round, No. 1131 overall, Oakland Athletics), sophomore Kyle Salley (2018, 40th round, No. 1188 overall, Chicago White Sox) and senior Matt Mervis (2016, 39th round, No. 1174 overall, Washington Nationals) were all drafted coming out of high school.
In addition, 14 former Blue Devils are currently in professional baseball: Bailey Clark, Griffin Conine, Ethan DeCaster, Ben Gross, Jimmy Herron, Andrew Istler, Zack Kone, Jack Labosky, James Marvel, Michael Matuella, Chris Proctor, Mitch Stallings, Marcus Stroman and Kennie Taylor.
For more information on Duke baseball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeBaseball". You can also find all-access coverage of all Duke athletic programs on SnapChat by searching for "dukeathletics".
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The afternoon began with team batting practice followed by a round of infield/outfield, before the team took part in a nine-inning scrimmage.
Duke has produced 77 players selected in the MLB Draft, including five this past season. The Tampa Bay Rays drafted left-hander Graeme Stinson in the fourth round, while the Minnesota Twins selected right-hander Ben Gross in the 10th round. Overall, five Blue Devils – Stinson, Gross, Kennie Taylor (New York Mets, 14th round), Adam Laskey (Chicago Cubs, 19th round) and Bryce Jarvis (New York Yankees, 37th round) were drafted, marking the first time in school history that the Blue Devils have had at least five players drafted in back-to-back years.
The Blue Devils have had 47 players drafted over the past 18 years, including 24 during head coach Chris Pollard's tenure.
Six current Blue Devils have already head their names called on draft day. Freshman Chad Knight and Jarvis were selected in this past year's draft. The foursome of junior Steve Mann (2017, 38th round, No. 1145 overall, Detroit Tigers), redshirt sophomore Wil Hoyle (2017, 38th round, No. 1131 overall, Oakland Athletics), sophomore Kyle Salley (2018, 40th round, No. 1188 overall, Chicago White Sox) and senior Matt Mervis (2016, 39th round, No. 1174 overall, Washington Nationals) were all drafted coming out of high school.
In addition, 14 former Blue Devils are currently in professional baseball: Bailey Clark, Griffin Conine, Ethan DeCaster, Ben Gross, Jimmy Herron, Andrew Istler, Zack Kone, Jack Labosky, James Marvel, Michael Matuella, Chris Proctor, Mitch Stallings, Marcus Stroman and Kennie Taylor.
For more information on Duke baseball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeBaseball". You can also find all-access coverage of all Duke athletic programs on SnapChat by searching for "dukeathletics".
#GoDuke
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